MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
e-learning make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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